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Apparently the camera can stream live video: https://www.earthcam.net/products/gigapixelcamx80.php https://www.earthcam.net/products/gigapixelcamx80.php There

by kuprel 4y ago

Apparently the camera can stream live video: https://www.earthcam.net/products/gigapixelcamx80.php https://www.earthcam.net/products/gigapixelcamx80.php There would probably be some privacy issues with streaming a city live though

geepytee 4y ago
Would love to know how much it costs
- vhcr 4y ago
  > The GigapixelCam X80 is $24,995 as fitted, but if a client does not need a robotic version, those are less expensive. EarthCam’s line starts at $1,900 for a time-lapse camera with solar power and goes up from there. https://petapixel.com/2021/04/27/this-120-gigapixel-photo-is-the-largest-of-new-york-city-ever-taken/ https://petapixel.com/2021/04/27/this-120-gigapixel-photo-is...
  - chakintosh 4y ago
    Price seems cheap compared to what can be done with it especially in homeland security applications
kristopolous 4y ago
I don't really understand the use case. I feel like if I'd be a potential buyer of such a camera I'd also be in the position to install many cameras in many places and get a better perspective. What's this give you? Passive iris scanning at a distance maybe? An ability to read people's phone screens? What's the problem this is solving?
- Forgeties79 4y ago
  It’s a snapshot of a moment of time. I think we all agree it’s useful to have photos of different places from different eras, right? I mean at its most fundamental level, this is a future historical document. It’s easy to imagine why that is “useful” or “what problems it solves.”
  - macintux 4y ago
    You raise an excellent point: looking back in time at street photographs is fascinating. e.g., https://1940s.nyc/map https://1940s.nyc/map
    - Forgeties79 4y ago
      Exactly!
- blamazon 4y ago
  Think way more boring. On that page linked above, towards the bottom they show various construction project management integrations and use cases.
  - jermaustin1 4y ago
    This is the real enterprise use. I've worked on multiple Earth Cam integrations on NYC high rise construction projects. Honestly wasn't fun to integrate, and the integration (at least in 2008-2016 were all over Java. They might have updated since then, but the purpose was mostly for "toy" integrations so that condo purchasers could watch the construction on their new multi million dollar home years before they get to move in. I'm fairly certain it was never really used by customers, but the executive team LOVED it, so any time the API failed (usually needed to upgrade the API client because of a breaking change), it was an all hands on deck and a middle of the night/weekend patch.
- rr808 4y ago
  I'd love a sky cam that could find me an open parking space.
  - telesilla 4y ago
    And the likelihood of you getting it before someone else who exhibits looking-for-parking behavior.
wkat4242 4y ago
This photo is a composite. It wouldn't live stream at this resolution. So at this distance there wouldn't be any privacy implications
- account42 4y ago
  That really depends on what you would call a live stream and how fast the camera can cover the whole panosphere. Having the whole image updated every minute (probably not realistic for this resolution) could still be considered a live stream. And the distance doesn't really help the privacy implications if the resolution is big enough that you can zoom in far enough to identify individual humans. Then again, expectations of privacy outside and at locations visible from outside are probably going to be violated at some point anyway.

by kuprel 4y ago

geepytee 4y ago

Would love to know how much it costs

vhcr 4y ago
> The GigapixelCam X80 is $24,995 as fitted, but if a client does not need a robotic version, those are less expensive. EarthCam’s line starts at $1,900 for a time-lapse camera with solar power and goes up from there. https://petapixel.com/2021/04/27/this-120-gigapixel-photo-is-the-largest-of-new-york-city-ever-taken/ https://petapixel.com/2021/04/27/this-120-gigapixel-photo-is...
- chakintosh 4y ago
  Price seems cheap compared to what can be done with it especially in homeland security applications

kristopolous 4y ago

I don't really understand the use case. I feel like if I'd be a potential buyer of such a camera I'd also be in the position to install many cameras in many places and get a better perspective. What's this give you? Passive iris scanning at a distance maybe? An ability to read people's phone screens? What's the problem this is solving?

Forgeties79 4y ago
It’s a snapshot of a moment of time. I think we all agree it’s useful to have photos of different places from different eras, right? I mean at its most fundamental level, this is a future historical document. It’s easy to imagine why that is “useful” or “what problems it solves.”
- macintux 4y ago
  You raise an excellent point: looking back in time at street photographs is fascinating. e.g., https://1940s.nyc/map https://1940s.nyc/map
  - Forgeties79 4y ago
    Exactly!
blamazon 4y ago
Think way more boring. On that page linked above, towards the bottom they show various construction project management integrations and use cases.
- jermaustin1 4y ago
  This is the real enterprise use. I've worked on multiple Earth Cam integrations on NYC high rise construction projects. Honestly wasn't fun to integrate, and the integration (at least in 2008-2016 were all over Java. They might have updated since then, but the purpose was mostly for "toy" integrations so that condo purchasers could watch the construction on their new multi million dollar home years before they get to move in. I'm fairly certain it was never really used by customers, but the executive team LOVED it, so any time the API failed (usually needed to upgrade the API client because of a breaking change), it was an all hands on deck and a middle of the night/weekend patch.
rr808 4y ago
I'd love a sky cam that could find me an open parking space.
- telesilla 4y ago
  And the likelihood of you getting it before someone else who exhibits looking-for-parking behavior.

wkat4242 4y ago

This photo is a composite. It wouldn't live stream at this resolution. So at this distance there wouldn't be any privacy implications

account42 4y ago
That really depends on what you would call a live stream and how fast the camera can cover the whole panosphere. Having the whole image updated every minute (probably not realistic for this resolution) could still be considered a live stream. And the distance doesn't really help the privacy implications if the resolution is big enough that you can zoom in far enough to identify individual humans. Then again, expectations of privacy outside and at locations visible from outside are probably going to be violated at some point anyway.